yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] corbn89:
ah I see. that case is unlikely then. Google is pretty much king at mining data for advertising profit and I don't think they would do anything to restrict that unless forced by law.

also, unless you have a nexus phone, every " stock" android is actually already a custom Rom created by the phone manufacturer. some manufacturers make it harder to install privacy protection measures than others. that's unfortunately one of the downsides of open source.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] faehsemc:
Miui let's you handle each app independently... there is also a mod to I stall the LBE guard instead of supersu on any ROM and you can monitor each app independently. Search for the MIUI superuser app
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S III] barrackOBAMA:
Why do you not have this posted in Q&A.

I would assume you could find answers there instead of just complaining about it here.

Sent from club Clean Rom
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 06blkjeep:
Hey guys! I recently updated my phone to 4.1.2 and noticed almost every time I go to use my phone and hit either the power button or the home button the recent app screen pops up instantly as if you were to hold the home button down. So far I tried a soft reset a factory reset with no luck. The phone worked perfectly before the update so I know it isn't either of the buttons sticking. If anyone has any ideas I would greatly appreciate your help, I'm at the point where I'm pulling my hair out haha

Thanks!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] thatjerk:
Did you do the OTA (over the air) update Sprint pushed out, are you on a custom rom, or are you using a non stock launcher? Give us some details and someone, if not me, will help you out.

Also try rebooting. Some users in the past have reported that trying to activate recent apps properly (by holding the home) stopped working and a simply powering the device off then turning it back on fixed the issue. This may solve your issue too.

I see this is your first post, are you familiar with rooting and custom roms? Just curious so we know how to get you through this.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 06blkjeep:
Thanks for helping. I did the ota update that sprint pushed out. The phone is completely stock nothing on it is modified at all. I already tried rebooting multiple times and tried a battery pull also. I am new to rooting and custom roms. Everything else on the phone is working fine but the recent app screen will come up as soon as I turn the screen on. It wont come up if I turn the screen on hit home to go to home screen turn screen off using power button and turn the screen back on quickly, it has to sit for 30sec to 1min for it to start doing it again.

Thanks!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 06blkjeep:
Anybody got any ideas?
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] thatjerk:
Sorry for the late reply, I work a night shift.

Are you waking the screen up with the home button or the power button. The reason I am asking is because the only way I can make this same situation occur is with no lock screen set, I wake up the phone with the home screen button.

Try setting up a lock screen and see if it fixes the problem.

If it does not fix the problem then I recomend taking the phone back to Sprint to see if they will swap the device since you are not rooted.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
If you have a custom recovery installed try rebooting into recovery and wiping cache and dalvik cache then go to advanced and fix permissions, if you only have stock recovery try wiping cache from it. To boot to recovery, power off phone, hold volume up and home then power, let go of the 3 keys when the note 2 splash screen pops up. If that doesn't alleviate the issue it may be a setting with the home key presses, for instance you can change what it does with longpress and double tap, may have gotten the svoice and recent apps mixed up. Try double tapping home and see if svoice comes up or recent apps, also longpress to see which comes up.

I like to break stuff! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] slammedtahoeon22:
This is deff recent update caused i believe. I also have a non rooted sprint device that I just updated, and its doing the exact same thing. Annoying as hell. My device is less then a month old. To explain more on what happens, I have my screen timeout set for 2 mins, lock at 5 mins. Use phone, put it down, wait for screen to time out, pick it up and hit him key once and it brings up the task manager. Not a long press, just a fast press.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 06blkjeep:
I tried to clear the cache with no luck..

I guess that makes two of us for this problem.

I have noticed sometimes when I go to use the phone there will be a blue box around one of the apps. Not sure if its the last app I used but it has been doing this since before the update.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
I cant replicate the issue to save my life. When you guys updated something must have gotten confused in the process. May need to download a stock restore of ma7 and start fresh. That would be what I would do if nothing else fixes it. It will erase all you apps and settings and internal storage so back em up. Back up internal to PC

I like to break stuff! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] 06blkjeep:
Ok ill be more than happy to try that.. what exactly is ma7 and where can I dl it. Is there anything special I need to know or do to complete the process? I already cleared my my contacts.. google said they were uploaded but apparently not.

Thanks again for the help!!
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] -EViL-KoNCEPTz-:
MA7 is the latest OTA 4.1.2 which would be the update you took prior to this recent apps incident. Look in development for a thread by garwynn it'll have the links to the Odin one-click packages and since you already took OTA you won't need the modem. Just follow the directions in his thread. Before doing it if you have anything stored to your internal storage you want to save back it up to your PC via USB. You'll want to grab the full restore one click so it wipes everything and starts fresh.

I like to break stuff! :D
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] david.dannicker:
Same issue, called Sprint

I spoke with sprint about this today, very frustrating. I learned:

Not all note users are having this problem

they did a reactivation, prl update, firmware check, profile (?) update.

That didn't do anything, so the recommended a hard reset, that's when I flipped out.

They said I may be able to sent me a new phone if the hard reset doesn't help, but would need to pay a $49 exchange fee... then i flipped out more.

possible reasons: I really don't know, here is what i have:

Go Launcher

SD card, inserted a couple weeks after activation

I use Home2 to modify my home button double tap action

Not rooted or anything.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] slammedtahoeon22:
I'm still having the same issue with recent apps popping up upon awake, non rooted sprint, happened after recent OTA update, and have no apps in common with above poster. I have not done a reset yet as it hasn't bothered to that extent yet, and once I get ready to root and really tear into things, ill work it out then I suppose.
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] nyboy07:
I'm having the same issue after updating to MA7. Im rooted, cleared both caches and still going on. When I wake the phone with the home button it wakes up and shows the recent apps, when I close that it take me to my lock screen (wigetlocker)

Edit: Fixing permissions just fixed it for me and also clearing the caches again.

Double Edit: Started doing it again. -___-
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] budde2:
I am having this problem to it happens when the screen goes off but does not lock in my experience. I would never pay for a new phone if it is a update that messed my phone up I would have snapped
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy Note II] david.dannicker:
Solved

I have the Note 2 on Sprint. The update that I got a couple days ago has solved this problem.
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbswales:
I have solved this problem I think last night by updating to XXEMB1 on Kies last night - I have of course lost root for the moment but will get back to that later when I have more time

I have an international galaxy gt19300

It had begun to restart itself a few times a day and then would run for days with no issues

I eventually decided to root it when I found the new toolkit on here which seemed to work a treat

I now had superuser installaed titanium back up and ROM Toolboxand paid for pro versions of this and toolkit

to be honest apart from doing one back up using the toolkit the only other thing I did was to disable the auto scanning on start up to speed up booting the phone. A day or two after this the problems started again but this time with it no rebooting but just freezing. Eventually I took out the sd card as I remembered I had an sd card problem with my old S2 - though this is a new samsung sd card. At first I thought that was it but then a bit later it froze while i was browsing the app store and has done so periodically, though today it ran all day without freezing onvce. Then suddenly it froze again for no reason - I was just swithcing screens and it froze part way through the process

As far as I can see I have three options

1) Flash a new ROM (for the moment I am still using the stock rom having only just rooted it using Toolkit.exe from here) but not sure which one I should use so need reccommendations

2) Use the toolkit to download a stock odin flashable rom (but dont I have this already?) and then 3 reset the flash counter using triangle away (seems risky to me) install the stock rom , undo root (if necessary) and then return the phone to Samsung

3) go to Kies and install the latest update in the hope that the problem will go away - though if S User pro doesnt manage to keep root I wiill presumably have to re-root all over again.

What attracted me to S3 Toolkit was that it packaged up all sorts of options into one easy package - on the other hand this may have made me a little over confident with rooting. If I hadnt rooted it the earlier problem, though not as bad, would still have been there but I could easily have sent it back to Amazon UK or Samsung UK for repair and replacement.

My biggest worry at the moment is that whichever process I go for - or even a third option suggested here - there must be a risk that the phone might lock up during flashing or upgrade - probably not likely as it didnt when I restored the back up I had done (didnt help either) and the touch wiz ui wont be running

Anyway would really appreciate some help guys - even if it is only what you would do in the same circumstances. I guess I should have tried to have the problem fixed but earlier I put that down to maybe having too many apps and crapware and thougth rooting would help me solve it. I have unintstalled every app that I dont regularly use but it is still happening
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chrismast:
First of all you have to be aware of the fact that rooting & flashing ROMs is always a risk, toolkit or not.

The safest way is to stay un-rooted stock if you do not know why you need root in the first place. If you know you need root, and actually also before, read the guides & information in the stickies under the General section as they explain you in detail how to root, un-root, use triangle away etc.

As for your situation, I would try to 1) flash another kernel than the stock one, if this does not work, 2) flash the most up-to-date stock ROM (you can get it here on XDA or sammobile.com) via Odin or Mobile Odin, not the toolkit (Odin is as simple as the toolkit if you follow the how-to), if this also does not work 3) try a custom rom, and if it also does not work 4) return back to stock and give it to Samsung service centre.

I wish you good luck!
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gbswales:
Thanks for your advice

Firstly the good news is that it turned out to be a problem with the last XXELLA upgrade - I found a new one on KIES ran the update and it is fine

Of course I lost root access but expected that anyway.

I do enjoy tinkering with Systems and although I know my way around Windows I have not tried with Android until now - this is my second Galaxy so was naturally wary of bricking it if I rooted. Christmas time I bought myself a galaxy tab 2 10.1 with the express aim of rooting it and was prepared to take the risk - after a few false starts I got it rooted fine - was still wary of the phone but once the kit came out the benefit that has for me is the way you have to check things step by step systematically as you do things - my problem with doing stuff from instructions on line is that I find it is all to easy to skip a step (which I did with the tab first time around) Also with it being a system I haven't explored before I like having a step by step approach which is the same way that I learned DOS way back in time.

I do want to try some different ROMs on it to see what they offer and I would really have liked to have got some apps running from my external SD card and I also like having a complete image back up (as I have for Windows 8) so that in the event of a serious issue it is easy to wipe all and restore from new (I keep several images which I make on a weekly basis so that I don't have to re-install everything.

I confess to playing with computers and devices as a hobby - evidence of this was the 350 apps I had installed before I started purging them in case that was the cause of the problem. I pretty nearly try every new app I find just to see what it does and so there being a whole range of apps that I couldn't install without root access upset me. I am not going to rush to root again and will at least wait until the current version has been on the phone a while - just to make sure the XXEMB1 version is stable now - it has a lot of new admin features to keep me amused for a while!

Two things that disappointed me about root were that it looked as if I couldn't overclock the device to improve speed - the main CPU bar was already on max (though I didn't have time to explore more than that) and that it still seemed pretty hard , if possible at all on the hardware, to run apps from the external SD card -- as I do now with windows (using a smaller SSD ) I will have to be a bit more prudent about uninstalling the apps I find I don't really use.

I guess deep down the main reason why I want root is I don't like any manufacturer telling me what I can and cannot do with the device I paid for - one thing I did try was installing Linux but that didn't quite get finished before I lost root access.

Your advice however is very sound for people who don't like or enjoy tinkering or taking risks and I don't think I would recommend any normal phone user to root their device.

Thanks again
[Galaxy S III Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] slaphead20:
Just to add quickly....to overclock you need to flash a kernel that supports it.....And know what you are doing before doing it ;)
[Member-Found Deals] deserthi:
We are starting a new company and need at least 30 smart phones. They don't need to be the latest, greatest phones. Just a bar phone with a 3megpixal camera.

Can someone give me an idea where to look.

Thanks
[Member-Found Deals] naveen94:
Craigslist
[Member-Found Deals] JOSE89178:
Amazon, EBay, Craigslist.
[Member-Found Deals] PG101:
This is not a member found deal.. and a simple google search would fetch you so many options ;)

Even if you were to go to a local store and ask him 30 phones, i bet you may get a good deal..
[HTC One S] rmbq:
Hi guys! i share with you this compiler. It's linaro optimized for coxter-a15 architecture

I WILL NOT SUPPORT THIS PROJECT ANYMORE, YOU CAN FIND UPDATED TOOLCHAIN HERE

DOWNLOAD

Linaro GCC 4.8.3 2014.01 cortex-a15

Linaro GCC 4.8.3 2013.12 cortex-a15

Linaro GCC 4.8.3 2013.11 cortex-a15 v2

Configuration:

Configuration:
- Target -> Linux Kernel 3.4.77
- Built using latest Crosstool-NG Toolchain Builder
- Linaro GCC 4.8.3 2014.01
- Binutils 2.24
- EGLibc 2.18
- DMalloc 5.5.2
- Duma 2.5.15
- Linaro GDB 7.6-2013.05
- LTrace 0.5.3
- STrace 4.6
- GMP 5.1.1
- MPFR 3.1.2
- ISL 0.11.1
- CLOOG 0.18.0
- MPC 01.0.1
- LibElf 0.8.13
- Multilib support
- Hard float

Changelog:

22-JAN-2014
update to linaro 2014.01
update kernel headers to 3.4.77

7-JAN-2014
update to linaro 2013.12
update Binutils to version 2.24
update Linaro GDB to version 7.6-2013.05

2-JAN-2014
update Binutils to lastest version
fix some mistake

25-DEC-2013
update to linaro gcc 4.8.3 2013.11
update libraries

9-APR-2013
update to linaro toolchain 2013-03
using Hardfloat
sync with ng-crosstool repo

26-FEB-2013
initial version

Credits:

http://crosstool-ng.org/

XDA:DevDB Information

Linaro toolchain optimized for cortex-a15, a Tool/Utility for the HTC One S

Contributors

rmbq

Version Information

Status: Abandoned

Current Stable Version: 2014.01

Stable Release Date: 2014-01-22

Created 2013-12-26

Last Updated 2014-03-24
[HTC One S] rmbq:
here is an how to build: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2098133

my config file for Linaro GCC 4.8.3 2013-11 is this: https://www.mediafire.com/?fq9ae7k9exwo2ub
[HTC One S] RockR172:
Nice! Thanks for the share! :)
[HTC One S] veeny101:
What is this?

Sent from my HTC One S
[HTC One S] Zarboz:
Toys for devs
[HTC One S] veeny101:
Oh ok.

Sent from my HTC One S
[HTC One S] Zarboz:
symlinks are broken in source
[HTC One S] rmbq:
R: [TOOL] Linaro toolchain optimized for cortex-a15

Really? May it cause issues in file system?
[HTC One S] AKToronto:
yes, I get the same errors when trying to extract the tar.. Broken symlinks and doesnt extract right.

Seems interesting though and would love to use
[HTC One S] rmbq:
R: [TOOL] Linaro toolchain optimized for cortex-a15

I'll re-upload asap
[HTC One S] rmbq:
new version!
[HTC One S] odl:
this one is not even possible to open ;)
[HTC One S] rmbq:
fixed
[HTC One S] AKToronto:
These are the errors I get when extracting the .tar

tar: arm-cortex_a15-linux-gnueabi/arm-cortex_a15-linux-gnueabi/sysroot/usr/lib32: Cannot create symlink to `lib': File exists

tar: arm-cortex_a15-linux-gnueabi/arm-cortex_a15-linux-gnueabi/sysroot/usr/lib64: Cannot create symlink to `lib': File exists

tar: arm-cortex_a15-linux-gnueabi/arm-cortex_a15-linux-gnueabi/sysroot/lib32: Cannot create symlink to `lib': File exists

tar: arm-cortex_a15-linux-gnueabi/arm-cortex_a15-linux-gnueabi/sysroot/lib64: Cannot create symlink to `lib': File exists

tar: arm-cortex_a15-linux-gnueabi/arm-cortex_a15-linux-gnueabi/lib: Cannot create symlink to `sysroot/lib': File exists

tar: arm-cortex_a15-linux-gnueabi/arm-cortex_a15-linux-gnueabi/lib32: Cannot create symlink to `lib': File exists

tar: arm-cortex_a15-linux-gnueabi/arm-cortex_a15-linux-gnueabi/lib64: Cannot create symlink to `lib': File exists

tar: Exiting with failure status due to previous errors

just an fyi
[HTC One S] rmbq:
It's OK it isn't a real error
[HTC One S] AKToronto:
Thx for this :)
[HTC One S] rmbq:
new version up!

Edit: maybe the new file is corrupt, I'll check it asap
[HTC One S] $droyd$:
Works now.. Just want to say your work is great and your dedication to the users.. You have helped me soo much thank you.. This compiler is awesome as well
[HTC One S] odl:
are you planning to update this with linaro 4.8 optimized for cortex a15?
[HTC One S] qazsxdcfv:
Thank you !!

Sent from my hTC One S powered ViperS by Team Venom™
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Uzrbital:
Hi!

Yesterday night, I was on the lookout for emoji font for my phone. To no avail finding colored emoji icons, I ended up going to Font Changer (Root) but found nothing there either. Since I just discovered the app, I thought, why not just try something new? A new font? So I downloaded a font, made a backup of my old font and rebooted the phone. But then it was done. My phone didn't start anymore and was stuck on booting. I went over to Modaco forums, downloaded a custom recovery and then downloaded one of the many dedoxed roms there. I tried to flash it, but in avail.

-- Install /data/media

Finding update package...

Opening update package...

Verifying update package...

Installation aborted.

So I downloaded another ROM to try. Same error. I tried to download the stock firmware from ASUS. Same error. What is causing this?

Keep in mind, I have done a data/factory reset wipe! The phone was obviously rooted before the incident! I did not have a custom recovery before the incident! I have tried 4 different ROMs! I am currently on Modaco's custom recovery!

ROMs tried -

* Deodexed TW ROM (Padfone 2)

* Deodexed WWE ROM (Padfone 2)

* [Pre MCR WWE ROM (Padfone 2)

* PadFone2 Firmware: V10.4.11.13 Only for JP SKU (Android 4.1) (STOCK)

Current recovery -

* Modaco R1 Custom Recovery
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jamesoy:
try restoring with the phone plugged in to a power source.

it worked for me when i got the same message trying to update.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sak-venom1997:
Try some other recoveries

Lky CWM or TWRP
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] HelmerN:
Same happened to me, but I got it up and running again!

Earlier today I bricked my Padfone 2 too by installing 3rd part font. After a reboot to apply the changes, it got to the boot logo but never any further.

I got it up and running again, :victory: and to those out there in same or similar situation, here's a tutorial on what I did:

Before we start, there's a few things you need;

1.1 Latest ADB version (I used 1.0.31)

1.2 Latest Fastboot version

1.3 CWM Recovery

1.4 Latest ASUS USB Drivers (available from ASUS Support site)

1.5 Padfone 2 Firmware (available from ASUS Support site)

*** NOTE: For ease of use, place extract and place all of the above to the same folder.

*** NOTE: Inside the Padfone 2 Firmware ZIP file, there's another ZIP file. This is the one we need! The one I used was called "WWE_A68-10.4.15.1-0-ota-user.zip"

*** NOTE: This method does not install CWM Recovery on your phone, it only boots it temporarily.

If you have all of the above, continue to step 2;

2.1 Booting your Padfone 2 into Fastboot mode

2.2 Press and hold Power + Volume up buttons

In Fastboot mode, connect your phone to your computer and launch cmd. Wait for windows to install necessary drivers if needed.

3.1 Navigate your CMD to the folder containing ADB, Fastboot and CWM Recovery (recovery.img)

3.2 In CMD type:

fastboot boot recovery.img

In the CWM Recovery on your phone, select the option titled "Install ZIP from sideload".

Use the volume keys to navigate and select by pressing the power button.

4.1 In CMD, transfer the Padfone 2 Firmware by typing

adb sideload [firmware-file-name.zip]

- Example from my case, I wrote:

adb sideload WWE_A68-10.4.15.1-0-ota-user.zip

4.2 When it is done, you'll be presented with CWM Recovery's screen again, select "Reboot system now".

4.3 CWM Recovery will present you with a warning saying: "ROM may flash stock recovery on boot. Fix?" - Select "NO".

[EDIT]

In some, if not all cases, Windows will try to install new drivers, but fail. If windows installed the drivers correctly, skip this step.

To solve this, go to device manager by entering the Start menu, right-click Computer and select “Manage”. Select the Device Manager.

You should see a failed device named A68. Right-click it and select “Update device software”

Select “Browse my computer for driver software”

Select “Let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer”

Select “Have Disk”

Now browse and navigate to the folder you extracted your ASUS USB Drivers to and select the file named “android_winusb.inf”

Select “ASUS Android ADB Interface” and install.

Added files and a neat pdf tutorial.

[/EDIT]

All done! You should have a working Padfone 2 again!

Please note that you may need to root your phone again.

Please credit if used :o

/HelmerN
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] zimbou:
brickeddd

hey i just tried all these methods and while trying to boot recovery.img with CMD nothing else happens but CMD says <waiting for device>. My SD card is empty and i have no ROMs on international storage so i can't install. I am using TWRP custom recovery. I have no idea what to do anymore. Please help!